| About Mardi Gras |
| The Mardi gras celebration period is always the 47 days that precede this allotted Sunday. However, the beginning of the Mardi Gras Season itself is also fixed, beginning January 6th, which is the Feast of the Ephiphany, otherwise known as Little Christmas or Twelfth Night. Since the date of Mardi gras varies, the length of Mardi gras also varies accordingly from year-to-year. The French definition of "Mardi Gras" is "Fat Tuesday," so named because it falls on the day before Ash Wednesday, the day prior to Lent, a 40 day season of prayer and fasting observed by the Roman Catholic Church which ends on Easter Sunday. |
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